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Abayomi Azikiwe
Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Central and East Africa Causes Alarm
03 Jun 2026
Since early May, the World Health Organization and the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been working to contain the spread of a rare and virulent strain of Ebola virus disease.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio May 22, 2026
22 May 2026
In this week’s segment, we discuss the issue of deed theft, the loss of property by fraudulent means, which disproportionately impacts Black communities. But we begin with a conversation about Congo…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Congo, Ebola Virus Disease, and Colonial Exploitation
22 May 2026
Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, joins Black Agenda Report to discuss the latest outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease and explains what it tells us about conditions in that…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Rwanda’s 30-Year Assault on Congo: The Crimes, the Criminals, and the Cover-up
01 Apr 2026
Rwanda’s 30-year Assault on the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new 80-page title from Baraka Books, gets straight to the essentials.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Women for Peace Collaborate to Support Rwanda, Congo, and Rwandan Political Prisoner Victoire Ingabire
10 Dec 2025
CODEPINK is collaborating with the International Women’s Network for Democracy and Peace, which works for peace and democracy in Africa, on a webinar on Rwanda, Congo, and the case of Rwandan…
Maurice Carney
United States Secures its National Security Interests In Congo Peace Deal
10 Dec 2025
The so-called "peace agreement" between Rwanda and Congo prioritizes U.S. access to mineral riches. The violence carried out against thousands of civilians continues.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
A Tale of Two Ceasefires: Gaza and DRC
22 Oct 2025
The US has negotiated ceasefires in Gaza and the DRC’s eastern Kivu Provinces, but the killing, displacement, and devastation in both continue.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Dr. Denis Mukwege’s Nobel Peace Prize Brought No Peace to the Congolese
15 Oct 2025
Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to “the man who heals women” made Euro-Americans feel good without interrupting their catastrophic proxy war for Congo’s resources.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Gaza Is Not Rwanda: Its Suffering Should Not Perpetuate that of Congolese
24 Sep 2025
Likening the suffering of Gazans to that of Rwandan Tutsis perpetuates the narrative that has dominated the African Great Lakes Region for 30 years, allegedly justifying the sacrifice
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
UN Group of Experts on DRC Report, June 2025
09 Jul 2025
The UN Group of Experts on DRC reports the obvious, that Rwandan President Paul Kagame intends to annex DRC’s Kivu Provinces.